Hello, friends! Today, I’ve decided I wanted to take a look at a story about some very serious things with a very silly title. That story is “May Your Government Be the Center of a Smelly Dung Sandwich,” by Justin Short.
I couldn’t find a copy of the story online, but it can be found in the anthology Recognize Fascism, edited by Crystal M. Huff.
Since we’re coming upon winter (in the northern hemisphere at least), I’m going to take a moment to discuss a decidedly winter-themed creature. That creature is the Japanese yuki onna.
Fun fact: yuki onna literally means “snow woman.” It also has a bunch of different names depending on where you are in Japan, but for simplicity’s sake I’m going with the above.
Today’s story is probably going to sound familiar to you if you’re a fan of early 90s Arnold Schwarzanegger movies. That story is “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale,” by the hilariously named Phillip K Dick.
So let’s dive in, shall we?
So, uh, that hiatus ended up being a lot longer than I thought that it would be. I’m back now, though, and today we’re going to be looking at the conception and birth of Helen of Troy.
Spoiler alert: it involves divine bestiality.
So, just to let you know, I will be taking this week off from writing in this blog. This is because I will be moving in a week and really need to start getting ready to do that.
I should be back to writing the first week of November, so I shall see you then!
Hello, again! As we continue our Halloween mini-tour, I’ve decided to take a look at another story by Junji Ito. This one, like the one I talked about before, is also from the short story collection Shiver.
Today we’re going to discuss the first story in the anthology, “Used Record.”
So, there are at least two gods in the Greek pantheon who were birthed by, of all people, Zeus, in kind of weird or esoteric ways. One of them was Dionysus, who got sown into Zeus’s thigh (or groin, depending on who you ask) as a fetus after Zeus accidentally vaporized his mom. The other one, and the one that most people probably know, is Athena.
The title probably gives away the outcome here, huh. Anyway, let’s talk about that for a bit.
Hello, again all! Continuing with this month’s spooky theme, I’ve decided to dip back into the well of Edgar Allan Poe, and talk about another one of his most popular stories, “The Pit and the Pendulum.”
It involves that which no one expects: the Spanish Inquisition.
Hello again! This time I’ve decided to head back to Japan, to talk about the mischievous (and sometimes deadly) kappa.
There’s something kind of creepy about hotels. Even if nothing particularly bad happens to you there, they’re kind of home but not home at the same time. Personally, I tend to have trouble falling asleep in hotel rooms.
But what if the hotel room you’re in tried to eat you?
On that note, let’s talk about Stephen King’s “1408,” from the anthology Everything’s Eventual.
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